After buying the Dark Vengeance boxed set I did a fair bit of ummming and ahhhing about the colour scheme for the Chaos force. In an earlier post I had settled on making them Word Bearers, with the Cultists following different gods, the autogun armed bunch being Nurgle worshippers, and the close combat ones slaughtering for Khorne.
Then I looked at my 500 points worth of Lords of the Flies marines I did for a GW store painting competition a few years back and thought "Why don't I just expand this army instead?". So we're back to Nurgle colours, which to be honest are my favourite colours to paint anyway. The original force consisted of:
- Chaos Sorceror
- 7 Chaos Space Marines, 1 x Flamer, Aspiring Champion with Chainsword
- 7 Chaos Space Marines, 1 x Meltagun, Aspiring Champion with Power sword
- 3 Bikers
I have no idea how much this costs out as now, I'll pick up the new Codex this week hopefully and work out a new army list using the original force bulked out with the new Dark Vengeance stuff. The Bikers have never made an appearance on the net, so they deserve a little of the spotlight:
From what I remember these bad boys were an absolute pain in the posterior to paint, they just weren't much fun (which doesn't bode well for the Ravenwing).
The green I think was Catachan Green washed with Devlan Mud and highlighted with Catachan and Camo Green. The bone colour was Khemri Brown, shaded with Devlan Mud, highlighted with Khemri Brown and Dheneb Stone. The brown was Scorched Brown, again washed with Devlan Mud and highlighted with Scorched Brown, Bestial Brown and Snakebite Leather.
They fit in reasonably well with the new cultists I've done, although I think it does go to show that I've progressed technique wise a fair bit in these few years. I'm not sure whether to go back and do the classic brown base trim on the cultists, or redo the old stuff with a black trim - the brown is Graveyard Earth, which I very much doubt I'll be able to get any more of.
The first of the Chosen marines is 60% done, so hopefully should have some pictures of him, and 5 more cultists up soon.
As always comments and criticism welcome!
steel legion drab. it's the same as graveyard earth. Covers about the same too. I envy you your decision making process. I'm still painiting up a few test models to buy myself time. AH! Oh, no! A decision - stall, stall!
ReplyDeleteThanks Zab, I'll pick some up next time in the GW store. :)
DeleteTo be fair my decision making process was still painful, and what I'd done in the past kind of made the decision for me...
Look forward to seeing this army take shape, the bikers though they may have been a pain look superb. Nice work sir!
ReplyDeleteCheers mate, it's slow going I'm afraid, so the "shape" will take a while...
DeleteI like the bikers as well. I think they are a nice addition to the army and they go with the cultists really well.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the bases go, I don't think you need to worry too much as having the marines on brighter bases than the cultists could be a good effect. Of course, if you've got some marines on one colour and some on the other that might be a bummer but hey.
Pete
PS: You figured out my miniature request just perfectly. Thank you very much.
Cheers mate, the first Chosen has a brown edge and looks good, so I'll redo the cultists too, just to keep my OCD in check...
Delete...and you're welcome, glad I could help. :)
This a very interesting blog and I think tat the way your write your posts is great and very helpful for people looking for painting advice and the like. So thank you!
ReplyDeleteThere's not much to criticise on your bikers, because they look so good. The dark green works well and I like the way you've painted your metallics.
Cheers,
Ludovic
Thanks GrimKlaw, it's part of the reason I started blogging, so it's really nice to know my posts are actually helpful for others too.
DeleteHighlighting and shading have definitely improved; lines are much crisper. Still, I really like the bikers. Their colors are varied but they still look cohesive. For Graveyard Earth, you might also try VGC Earth. I've had luck with matching those up.
ReplyDeleteThank you Gary, I'll have a post up with the first of my Chosen, painted using a similar colour scheme tonight, to compare.
DeleteI'll have a look at VGC Earth too - I've been told that VGC was a like for like competitor to Citadel colour back in the day, so they should be close.
Been meaning to comment for days…
ReplyDeleteYou seemed to read my mind Andy, I'm about to add a set of 3 Nurgle Bikers to my Dark Vengeance set. Really like the paint scheme you've got on yours and the cultists look very much part of the same army. Nice one.
I never actually had a battle with the army, so I don't know how effective they'll be, three corrupted marines on bikes have got to be good though right?
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